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| Swedish documents shed light on rendition of senior al-Zawahiri lieutenant |
| 2005-05-21 |
| The CIA Gulfstream V jet touched down at a small airport west of here just before 9 p.m. on a subfreezing night in December 2001. A half-dozen agents wearing hoods that covered their faces stepped down from the aircraft and hurried across the tarmac to take custody of two prisoners, suspected Islamic radicals from Egypt. Inside an airport police station, Swedish officers watched as the CIA operatives pulled out scissors and rapidly sliced off the prisoners' clothes, including their underwear, according to newly released Swedish government documents and eyewitness statements. They probed inside the men's mouths and ears and examined their hair before dressing the pair in sweat suits and draping hoods over their heads. The suspects were then marched in chains to the plane, where they were strapped to mattresses on the floor in the back of the cabin. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #4 To summarize the article: Sweden decided to not to accept the appeal by these two men (and no doubt many others) and expelled them. Rather than attending to the repatriation themselves, they asked the American CIA to handle it for them. Someone leaked (probably one of the Swedish guards, who didn't like looking like an amateur in comparison), and now the Swedes are making the CIA scapegoats for their own decision. Hypocrital asses. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2005-05-21 10:56 |
| #3 Washington Post, not Washington Times. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2005-05-21 10:43 |
| #2 After the death threat against me for mentioning some facts instead of fiction in a EU website that claims to be for discussion the EU press and web presence is looking more and more like full partners and members of the other side in the war on terror. This Washington Times article leaves out some really troubling issues. How were they made aware of it. Why did it come to light at this particular time. Why do they care about the treatment of terror suspects more then terror victims. Why no outcry over Sudan, Nigeria.... et.al. Just little things that the US engaged in. It truly looks like a full court press to smear and destroy the US. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2005-05-21 02:36 |
| #1 The Swedish must not know a damn thing about dealing with the transfer of felony prisoners. No strip searches or visual check of the body for secreted weapons? It's SOP upon recieving felony prisoners. Not doing so puts them and the persons taking them into custody at risk. Sweden must be full of idiots. This is basic practice for persons dangerous enough to need expedited transfer. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet 0’ Doom 2005-05-21 01:49 |